Studies on Fantasmical Anatomies is an ongoing transdisciplinary artistic research developed by Anne Juren. It encompasses the spectrum of experiences and practices she has built as a choreographer, dancer and Feldenkrais practitioner. By drawing on various fields of knowledge, including anatomy, psychoanalysis, feminist and queer theories, poetry and somatic practices, the artworks related to this research expand choreography toward disparate discourses, practices and treatments of the body.

At the intersection of the therapeutic and the choreographic, the somatic and the poetic, Anne Juren has developed several body oriented practices based on Feldenkrais’ speculative use of language, imagination and touch. Revisiting and subverting Feldenkrais’ private session Functional Integration® and group class Awareness Through Movement®, she developed both Fantasmical Anatomies one on one sessions and performances for larger public settings, including Fantasmical Anatomies sessions and lessons.

In recent years, the Fantasmical Anatomies choreographic lessons and sessions have been presented multiple times in different artistic and or therapeutic contexts, across art venues and public spaces. Shared with a broad public, they expand spectatorship and question the limits between the private and the public, and between the individual and the collective.

Anne Juren defended her artistic research project Studies on Fantasmical Anatomies on 26 November 2021 within the PhD programme Performative and Media Based Practices. The documented artistic research project, including the doctoral thesis, can be found in the Research Catalogue and DIVA.